Big tech wants to pump the brakes on AI, while President Trump is full-steam ahead. Do Republicans risk being on the wrong side of this issue? ... House Speaker Johnson says Congress needs to approve the president's proposed $5,000 checks. Would Trump let Republican lawmakers take the fall for an impossible pledge? ... A woman dies of measles in Pennsylvania. Is the conflicting public health messaging a concern? 

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We begin today's show by marking the 25-year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Democratic Senator John Fetterman surprises everyone at Trump's midterm Republican national convention, fueling rumors that he's switching sides. Are Dems better without him? ... Texas Senate candidate James Talarico flip flops on transgender athletes in sports. We ask whether the voters can believe what he's saying now ... 9/11 started America's war on terror. 25 years on, is it a success or failure? 

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The foreperson from the Lindsay Clancy mistrial claims the lone holdout juror admitted he had reasonable doubt. Why didn't the judge remove him? ... The goal for Republicans at the first midterm convention is to raise money and praise Trump. Is that what the GOP really needs right now? ... The president is trying to clarify his 9/11 tale of being carried away by firefighters afraid of a building collapse. 

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It looks like we've got a US-Canada trade war brewing before the midterms. Could it cost Republicans in battleground states like Michigan or Ohio? ... California's Gavin Newsom says there is overwhelming opposition among Democrats to the current regime in Israel. Is he describing the party's new position or positioning himself to lead? ... NYC Mayor Mamdani stands firm in the face of calls for him to skip Friday's 9/11 ceremony. Does he risk becoming a political distraction there? 

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Federal officials are trying to figure out how an Amazon cargo plane barreled off the runway in Miami, killing at least five people. We speak with an aviation safety expert about what investigators will be looking at first ... The White House is sounding more hopeful after meetings in Moscow and Kyiv. Could this four-year- war end before winter? ... Senator Bernie Sanders, who turns 85 tomorrow, spent years pulling the Democratic party to the left. Who will pick up the mantle of the movement he's built? 

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Today's show begins with a discussion of the lone holdout in the Lindsay Clancy courtroom. What could a judge say just hours from now to break their deadlock? ... Confronted with a question about how the war in Iran is going and when the fighting will end, the vice president responds, "I don't know. You would have to ask the Iranians" ... Elon Musk does what the president has yet to do in Texas. Can the world's richest man save Republicans from a midterm disaster? 

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A Republican senator who voted to confirm Pete Hegseth now wants him fired for "inept management of the military." Could President Trump throw Hegseth under the bus? ... Senators are getting ready to return to DC. Will Mitch McConnell be one of them? Some of his closest confidants are now skeptical ... The president promises to hit the road to get Republicans elected. But wouldn't they rather have some of that campaign cash instead? 

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Popular talk show host Joe Rogan says President Trump's "Lake America" executive order is nothing but a "stunt" meant "to distract you from the fact that we're in a war that we can't win in Iran." Is he right? ... An old progressive incumbent trounces a younger centrist in Massachusetts. What does this say about Democrats' appetite for rebelling against the establishment? ... Republicans want to charge more than $88,000 for a photo with Trump at the midterm convention. Is this a tone deaf cash grab? 

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The head of the US Army just resigned while we're in the middle of a war. That prompts big questions this morning about leadership at the Pete Hegseth Pentagon ... The Trump Administration's voter-fraud surge starts today. Is this a legitimate crackdown or another attempt to undermine election integrity? ... A jury just reached a guilty verdict in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Does this finally put a 30-year-old mystery to rest? 

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